LDCasestudy - Other Technology for LD

Other Technology for LD by disability area

Basic Reading/Reading Comprehension:

Proloquo2Go: http://www.proloquo2go.com/ A full communication system in one app that allows the child to communicate with pictures.

Dragon Dictation: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dragon-dictation/id341446764?mt=8 Transfers spoken language into text on any of the Apple hardware, and it allows you to then e-mail your text or send it as a text message.

MyHomework: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/myhomework/id303490844?mt=8 This tool was not designed necessarily for students with learning disabilities but can be very effective with upper elementary and high school students who need to keep better track of their homework

Read2Me App: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/read-2-me/id313752154?mt=8 Allows you to import your own text file (even from the web) into the iPod or iPad, and will read the text aloud. This is helpful for students who might be weaker readers but are able to understand the meaning of the text through listening.

Livelink: http://www.liveink.com Instantly converts text into a cascading format so that the meaning of complicated passages can be easilty understood.

Kurzweil 3000: http://kurzweiledu.com/individuals.html Integrated reading software for individuals with phonological processing difficulties.

Math Computation/Math Reasoning

Talking Calculator: http://mathsonline.wordpress.com/category/other-domains/number/talking-calculator/s This free, online talking calculator will help students read numbers and improve their calculator skills.

Graph Club 2.0: http://www.tomsnyder.com/products/product.asp?SKU=GRPV20 An innovative and easy-to-use tool for creating, exploring, interpreting and printing graphs.

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives: http://nlvm.usu.edu/ A library of visual representations of math concepts and processes for all grade levels P - 12.

Written Expression

Livescribe Echo SmartPen: http://www.boundlessat.com/Learning/Writing/Echo-Smartpen Records audio and written text allowing user to search search for any topic within notes or lecture material.

Read and Write Gold: http://www.boundlessat.com/Learning/Writing/Read-Write-Gold-for-Windows Software to assist students with word choice, spelling, grammar, and other writing tasks

PixWriter: http://www.boundlessat.com/Learning/Writing/PixWriter Picture assisted writing tool for beginning writers.

IWriteWords: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iwritewords-handwriting-game/id307025309?mt=8 An excellent app that allows the child to practice writing letters, numbers and words.